What is wrong with Select and Mask? Why doesn’t it seem to work like we all wish it would? Are you not using it right, or is it just a broken tool? The answer is that it’s probably a little of both. The tool is deeply flawed in a number of ways and can be...
Looking to create the best interview videos ever? The Morph Cut Transition in Premiere Pro CC is THE transition that will allow you to make jumpcut transitions look perfect and seamless. It’s almost like magic. Check out this tutorial and see how I use it and some of what you need to avoid doing if...
Description: In this tutorial we’ll create a cool smoke dispersion effect that makes our model look like she’s disappearing into thin air! The meat of this tutorial is really the deep dive into creating a selection with the new Select and Mask feature in Photoshop and how you can change your workflow to adjust to...
They seem pretty basic and straight-forward, but there are some pretty cool things you can do with both audio and video transitions in Premiere Pro CC. There is a whole library of different transitions that you can use, there are some great hotkeys that allow you to add a transition to your clip so you...
Download Tutorial Files Here! In this Photoshop tutorial, we’ll talk about creating a dramatic battle style poster stealing some of the style of UFC and traditional boxing posters which will give us a dramatic and very colorful poster showing the head-to-head election battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Who will win!? Here is a...
We all know about the Photoshop faux pas, techniques like trying to smooth skin by blurring it, or the good olde Over Retouching of the eyes that will so often leave our subjects looking like they’ve been subjected to the most awful of death-ray-esque lasik eye surgeries, and of course merely using the lowly Image>Adjustments>Desaturate...
In this joint After Effects AND Premiere Pro tutorial, we’ll be covering everything you need to know to create a timelapse video sequence from a series of images or Camera Raw images in After Effects and even how to add animation to create false cinematic camera movement in your shots to add drama. We’ll also...
In this Photoshop tutorial, we’ll take a look at how to use the existing Apple Wallpapers to create a vibrant colorful effect that is sure to make your desktop pop. Even if you don’t have access to the Apple wallpapers (I wish I could share a download with you!), you can run a quick Google...
In this Premiere Pro video editing tutorial, we’ll take a look at one of the quick and easy ways I like to lead-in some of the videos clips or parts of a wedding film that I may be working on. Maybe you’ll find it useful. We’ll cover using Lumetri Color to fade out a select...
Download Tutorial Files Here! There is nothing quite as un-sexy as the term “duotone” so I’ve decided to make a tutorial showing you not just how to duotone, but 5 pretty cool different duotone effects that you can use practically in projects you are working on now. We’ll create a text masked, multi-colored duotone effect...
Looking to make your video look better, sharpen, or generally more epic? In this Premiere Pro video editing tutorial, we’re going to dive in and learn all about the Lumetri Color panel in Premiere Pro CC and how to use the tools in Lumetri Color to edit your videos and make them look better and...
Download Tutorial Files Here! This is the deepest, most comprehensive tutorial out there for creating the official DOOM logo, the old logo, the retro logo, the one that we all know and love. The video is a long and complex video so I have this written guide to breeze through it quickly. If you need...